Very well done! It's great to see the correct method on video. I read a booklet on it, but seeing it in practice demonstrated by professionals is so much better! Thank you for posting this video! I've practiced the sider knot, both left and right. It is a most ingenious and elegant knot!
Seriously? Fished your 'whole life' in what division of fishing? Potting? Long-Lining? If you were either deep sea trawling or inshore fishing then your colleagues must be either too lazy too teach or not very good netmenders themselves.
I indexed all the segments to make it easier to find each knot. General rules: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ex8lRGh9bXs.html (right handed instructions) Starting knot: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ex8lRGh9bXs.html Pickups above going right: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ex8lRGh9bXs.html Pickups above going left: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ex8lRGh9bXs.html Pickups below going right: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ex8lRGh9bXs.html Pickups below going left: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ex8lRGh9bXs.html Siders on the right: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ex8lRGh9bXs.html Siders on the left: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ex8lRGh9bXs.html Trimming a hole: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ex8lRGh9bXs.html36
Questions for you: what type of twine was used for this demonstration and where can you get it? It seems to hold the knots really well. Another question, do you ever use a gauge when making net repairs?
@@stevenrobertson4470 The resolution of the video is quite low on my works PC but this definitely looks like P.E. twine in use to me. As a side note I have been in the net construction and repair business for over 50 years. It looks like Euroline netting and twine.
This is the best video. I made a couple of hammocks, I left out over winter, and it seems that one was made out of "tasty" string. I assume squirrels, or mice chewed the shit out of one, some kind of white core inside the rope. (the paracord one wasn't touched.) Anyway, even though I tied them myself, I couldn't figure how to get "started in the middle".